Just and unjust peace : an ethic of political reconciliation / Daniel Philpott.

In Just and Unjust Peace, Daniel Philpott offers an innovative and hopeful response to these questions. He challenges the approach to peace-building that dominates the United Nations, western governments, and the human rights community. While he shares their commitments to human rights and democracy...

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Main Author: Philpott, Daniel, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015, ©2012.
Series:Studies in strategic peacebuilding.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Whose justice?
  • The basic standards of justice
  • The wounds of political injustice
  • Reconciliation as a concept of justice
  • Is reconciliation fit for politics?
  • Is religion fit for reconciliation?
  • Reconciliation in the Jewish tradition
  • Reconciliation in the Christian tradition
  • Reconciliation in the Islamic tradition
  • Four practices : building socially just institutions, acknowledgment, reparations, and apologies
  • Punishment
  • Forgiveness.